- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 03, 1953 |
Time: | 0228 |
Location: | Off Fethiye Point, Turkey |
Operator: | Air France |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Rome - Beirut |
AC Type: | Lockheed L- 749A Constellation |
Registration: | F-BAZS |
cn / ln: | 2628 |
Aboard: | 42 (passengers:34 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:4 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The No. 3 engine broke away from the aircraft following severe vibrations causing loss of control of the No. 4 engine and necessitating a ditching 1.5 miles from the coast. Failure in flight of a propeller blade. Four passengers drowned. |
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